Truly Agreed, 2016

190.260. 1. This section shall be known and may be
cited as the "First Informer Broadcasters Act". 2.
As used in this section, the following terms shall mean: (1)
"Broadcaster", a radio broadcasting station or television broadcasting
station licensed by the Federal Communications Commission and
subject to participation in the Emergency Alert System (EAS),
which is primarily engaged in and deriving income from the business
of facilitating speech via over-the-air- communications, both
as pure speech and commercial speech; (2)
"First informer broadcaster", a person who has been certified
as a first informer broadcaster under this section. 3.
The department of public safety, in cooperation with any statewide
organization or any member of a statewide organization that represents
broadcasters, shall establish a program for training and certifying
broadcast engineers and technical personnel as first informer
broadcasters. Upon completion of the program, broadcasters shall
receive statewide recognized credentials to certify that such
broadcasters are first informer broadcasters. The program established
under this section shall provide training and education concerning: (1)
The restoration, repair, and resupply of any facilities and equipment
of a broadcaster in an area affected by an emergency or disaster;
and (2) The personal safety
of a first informer broadcaster in an area affected by an emergency
or disaster. 4. To the extent
practicable and consistent with not endangering public safety
or inhibiting recovery efforts, state and local governmental
agencies shall allow first informer broadcasters access to areas
affected by an emergency or disaster for the purposes of restoring,
repairing, or resupplying any facility or equipment critical
to the ability of a broadcaster to acquire, produce, and transmit
essential emergency or disaster-related public information programming
including, without limitation, repairing and maintaining transmitters
and generators, and transporting fuel for generators. 5.
The statewide association involved in establishing a program
in accordance with this section shall pay the costs of developing
and implementing the training program.